The School of Life·Jun 6, 2023On Calming PlacesThere are some places that seem almost designed to shatter our peace of mind, places where there is too much human chatter and noise, where…A response icon1A response icon1
The School of Life·Apr 21, 2023Aphorisms on KindnessIn theory, we all love kindness of course, but in practice, a kind person sounds like something we would try to be only once every other…A response icon2A response icon2
The School of Life·Apr 20, 2023Self-Hatred & AnxietyThe temptation, with dealing with anxiety, is always and invariably to focus on the ostensible cause of our worry: the journey to the…
The School of Life·Mar 3, 2023Companionship and Mental HealthOne of the cruellest aspects of mental illness is that it strips us of any ability to believe that other people might be suffering in the…A response icon1A response icon1
The School of Life·Feb 28, 2023Mental Illness and ‘Reasons to Live’When we say that someone has fallen mentally ill, what we are frequently pointing to is the loss of long-established reasons to remain aliveA response icon1A response icon1
The School of Life·Jan 3, 2023The Importance of Dancing Like an IdiotDancing has a claim to be considered among the most essential and salutary activities we ever partake in …A response icon11A response icon11
The School of Life·Dec 22, 2022Why Small Pleasures Are A Big DealWe’re surrounded by some powerful ideas about the sort of things that will make us happy…
The School of Life·Dec 5, 2022Emotional Maturity in a CrisisSome of us belong to a social group politely known as ‘worriers’ …
The School of Life·Nov 8, 2022On Being Scared All the TimeIt’s not an illustrious category to belong to of course, but there are plenty of us at least …
The School of Life·Nov 1, 2022On Professional FailureTo survive in the pressured conditions of modernity, we have to get very good at self-criticism …
